China News Service, Chongqing, October 28 (Xiao Jiangchuan) The Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau held a press conference on the 28th, announcing that Chongqing will further upgrade to become the preferred destination for national outdoor sports, promote the high-quality development of sports, and help build a strong sports city.
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the demand for leisure sports and fitness is becoming more and more intense, and outdoor sports have gradually become popular sports.
Under the impact of the epidemic, outbound travel is restricted, but people's travel needs still exist. Outdoor sports with multiple attributes such as sports, tourism, leisure and socialization have become an important choice for the general public to participate in physical exercise.
Chongqing took the lead in proposing the concept of creating a preferred destination for outdoor sports in the country. After years of unremitting efforts, this work has achieved initial results.
Since 2018, Chongqing has created 144 international and domestic outdoor brand events around 13 types of outdoor sports such as marathon, mountain outdoor sports, cycling, triathlon, dragon boat, rock climbing, water sports and extreme sports.
Du Xueyong, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Sports Bureau, said that in the development of outdoor sports, Chongqing has unique advantages and conditions.
"Chongqing has diverse topography, rich natural resources and long-standing historical and cultural landscapes. With its hills, mountains, and water surfaces, it is very suitable for outdoor sports such as mountain, forest, water, and airspace."
In recent years, Chongqing has focused on promoting global sports tourism · Wansheng Demonstration Area, Wuling Mountain Outdoor Sports · Wulong Demonstration Area, Urban Sports Tourism Demonstration Area, Three Gorges Reservoir Area Sports Tourism Demonstration Area, Modern Fashion Sports Tourism · Longxing Demonstration Area, etc. Construction of 5 demonstration zones.
In addition, Chongqing has built a number of characteristic sports towns and sports bases in some districts and counties, and held a number of outdoor events, which has effectively promoted the creation of Chongqing's preferred destination for outdoor sports.
Du Xueyong said that Chongqing will build a high-level outdoor sports system and deepen the integrated development of outdoor sports and tourism, health, education, science and technology, and rural revitalization. Enrich outdoor sports elements and create a modern outdoor sports venue.
It is understood that Chongqing will make full use of its own advantageous resources and characteristics of outdoor sports to actively bid for and introduce a number of influential outdoor sports events at home and abroad.
In addition, Chongqing will develop rural outdoor sports based on the characteristics of "big city, large countryside, large mountainous area, and large reservoir area".
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